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A34255 A Confession of faith put forth by the elders and brethren of many congregations of Christians (baptized upon profession of their faith) in London and the country. 1677 (1677) Wing C5794; ESTC R25352 47,552 162

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probable perswasion grounded upon d Heb. 6. 11. 19. a fallible hope but an infallible assurance of faith founded on the Blood and Righteousness of Christ e Heb. 6. 17 18. revealed in the Gospel and also upon the inward f 2 Pet. 1. 4 5 10. 11. evidence of those graces of the Spirit unto which promises are made and on the testimony of the g Rom. 8. 15 16. Spirit of adoption witnessing with our Spirits that we are the children of God and as a fruit thereof keeping the heart both h 1 Joh. 3 1 2 3. humble and holy 3. This infallible assurance doth not so belong to the essence of faith but that a true Believer may wait long and conflict with many difficulties before he be i Isa 50. 10. Ps 88. Psa 77. 1-12 partaker of it yet being enabled by the Spirit to know the things which are freely given him of God he may without extraordinary revelation in the right use of means k 1 Joh. 4 13. Heb. 6. 11 12. attain thereunto and therefore it is the duty of every one to give all diligence to make their Calling and Election sure that thereby his heart may be enlarged in peace and joy in the holy Spirit in love and thankfulness to God and in strength and chearfulness in the duties of obedience the proper l Rom. 5. 1 2. 5. ch 14 17. Ps 119. 32. fruits of this Assurance so far is it m Rom. 6. 1 2. Tit. 2. 11 12. 14. from inclining men to looseness 4. True Believers may have the assurance of their Salvation divers ways shaken diminished and intermitted as n Cant. 5. 2 3. 6. by negligence in preserving of it by o Ps 51. 8. 12. 14. falling into som special Sin which woundeth the Conscience and grieveth the Spirit by some sudden or p Psa 116. 11. Ps 77. 7 8. Ps 31 22. vehement temptation by Gods withdrawing the q Ps 30. 7 light of his countenance and suffering even such as fear him to walk in darkness and to have no light yet are they never destitute of the r 1 Joh. 3. 9. seed of God and Life s Luk. 22. 32. of Faith that Love of Christ and the brethren that sincerity of Heart and Conscience of duty out of which by the operation of the Spirit this Assurance may in due time be t Ps 42. 5. 11. revived and by the which in the mean time they are u Lam. 3. 26. 27-31 preserved from utter despair CHAP. XIX Of the Law of God 1. GOd gave to Adam a Law of universal obedience a Gen. 1. 27. Eccl. 7. 29. written in his Heart and a particular precept of not eating the Fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil by which he bound him and all his posterity to personal entire exact and perpetual b Rom. 10 5. obedience promised life upon the fulfilling and c Gal. 3. 10. 12 threatned death upon the breach of it and indued him with power and ability to keep it 2. The same Law that was first written in the heart of man d Rom. 2. 14 15. continued to be a perfect rule of Righteousness after the fall was delivered by God upon Mount Sinai in e Deut. 10. 4. Ten Commandments and written in two Tables the four first containing our duty towards God and the other six our duty to man 3. Besides this Law commonly called moral God was pleased to give to the people of Israel Ceremonial Laws containing several typical ordinances partly of worship f Heb. 10. 1. Col. 2. 17. prefiguring Christ his graces actions sufferings and benefits and partly holding forth divers instructions g 1 Cor. 5 7. of moral duties all which Ceremonial Laws being appointed only to the time of reformation are by Jesus Christ the true Messiah and only Law-giver who was furnished with power from the Father for that end h Col. 2. 14 16 17 Eph. 2. 14. 16. abrogated and taken away 4. To them also he gave sundry judicial Laws which expired together with the state of that people not obliging any now by vertue of that institution their general i 1 Cor. 9. 8 9 10. equity onely being of moral use 5. The moral Law doth for e-ever bind all k Rom. 13 8 9 10. Jam. 2. 8. 10 11 12 as well justified persons as others to the obedience thereof and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it but also in respect of the l Jam. 2 10 11. authority of God the Creator who gave it Neither doth Christ in the Gospel any way dissolve m Mat. 5. 17 18 19. Rom. 3. 31. but much strengthen this obligation 6. Although true Believers be not under the Law as a Covenant of Works n Rom. 6. 14. Gal. 2. 16. Rom. 8. 1. cha 10. 4. to be thereby Justified or condemned yet it is of great use to them as well as to others in that as a Rule of Life informing them of the Will of God and their Duty it directs and binds them to walk accordingly o Rom. 3. 20. chap. 7. 7. c. discovering also the sinfull pollutions of their Natures Hearts and Lives so as Examining themselves thereby they may come to further Conviction of Humiliation for and Hatred against Sin together with a clearer sight of the need they have of Christ and the perfection of his Obedience It is likewise of use to the Regenerate to restrain their Corruptions in that it forbids Sin and the Threatnings of it serve to shew what even their Sins deserve and what afflictions in this Life they may expect for them although free'd from the Curse and unallayed Rigor thereof The Promises of it likewise shew them Gods approbation of Obedience and what blessings they may expect upon the performance thereof though not as due to them by the Law as a Covenant of Works so as mans doing Good and refraining from Evil because the Law incourageth to the one and deterreth from the other is no Evidence of his being p Rom. 6. 12 13 14. 1 Pet. 3. 8 -13 under the Law and not under Grace 7. Neither are the forementioned uses of the Law q Gal. 3. 21. contrary to the Grace of the Gospel but do sweetly comply with it the Spirit of Christ subduing r Eze. 36. 27. and inabling the Will of man to do that freely and chearfully which the will of God revealed in the Law requireth to be done CHAP. 20. Of the Gospel and of the extent of the Grace thereof 1. THE Covenant of Works being broken by Sin and made unprofitable unto Life God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ a Gen. 3. 15. the Seed of the Woman as the means of calling the Elect and begetting in them Faith and Repentance in this Promise the b Rev. 13. 8. Gospel as to